#C49E37#C49E37

#C49E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E37
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 3.48, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 56.61, 86.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0044 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.126 88)
XYZ	xyz(35.6835, 36.4676, 8.7732)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E37 #375DC4

analogous

#C45837 #C49E37 #A4C437

triadic

#C49E37 #37C49E #9E37C4

tetradic

#C49E37 #37C458 #375DC4 #C437A4

square

#C49E37 #37C458 #375DC4 #C437A4

split-complementary

#C49E37 #37A4C4 #5837C4

monochromatic

#64511C #94772A #C49E37 #D4B665 #E1CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C49E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E37

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E37	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba74',
    500: '#c49e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e37;
$custom-light: #daba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71577,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.36465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E37

secondary

#8B9CCC

accent

#71DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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